Falak () is the giant serpent mentioned in the One Thousand and One Nights.Cosimo Arabian Nights, in 16 volumes: Volume V, Band 5 Inc 2008 page 325 He resides below Bahamut, the giant fish which carries (along with a bull and an angel) the rest of the universe including six hells, the earths and the heavens.Theresa Bane Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore McFarland, 2016 p. 51 Falak itself resides in the seventh hell below everything else and it is said to be so powerful that only its fear of the greater power of God prevents it from swallowing all the creation above.
See also Leviathan Surtr
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